Heather Headley: In My Mind
CML call number: CD/R&B/Headley
Artist website: http://www.heatherheadley.com/
Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times: "Drama is drama, in a Broadway show or a radio-ready ballad, and Heather Headley has the voice for both. She started her recording career after winning a Tony Award for the title role of 'Aida,' yet only an occasional perfectly enunciated consonant separates her from other R&B singers. On her second album, 'In My Mind,' Ms. Headley doesn't try to reinvent her genre. She just follows the leaders: Mariah Carey for dewy ballads, Beyoncé for brittle upbeat tunes and Mary J. Blige for slow-building melodramas. … Yet the formulas work in 'Rain,' a dancehall come-on she shares with [dancehall reggae artist] Shaggy, and even better in smoldering songs that narrate troubled romances: 'In My Mind,' about wishing she had her ex back; 'I Didn't Mean To,' where she gets caught cheating; and 'Losing You,' in which she exults over the breakup that let her find a better man. Those songs owe their styles to Ms. Carey, Ms. Blige and Beyoncé, respectively, but Ms. Headley is a fast learner" ("New CD's," 1/30/06).
Artist website: http://www.heatherheadley.com/
Jon Pareles wrote in the New York Times: "Drama is drama, in a Broadway show or a radio-ready ballad, and Heather Headley has the voice for both. She started her recording career after winning a Tony Award for the title role of 'Aida,' yet only an occasional perfectly enunciated consonant separates her from other R&B singers. On her second album, 'In My Mind,' Ms. Headley doesn't try to reinvent her genre. She just follows the leaders: Mariah Carey for dewy ballads, Beyoncé for brittle upbeat tunes and Mary J. Blige for slow-building melodramas. … Yet the formulas work in 'Rain,' a dancehall come-on she shares with [dancehall reggae artist] Shaggy, and even better in smoldering songs that narrate troubled romances: 'In My Mind,' about wishing she had her ex back; 'I Didn't Mean To,' where she gets caught cheating; and 'Losing You,' in which she exults over the breakup that let her find a better man. Those songs owe their styles to Ms. Carey, Ms. Blige and Beyoncé, respectively, but Ms. Headley is a fast learner" ("New CD's," 1/30/06).
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